I know everybody hates em but i have no choice , i have a black 95 ls and it needs painting badly savin is not an option , wat can i do to help preserve the paint job for as long as possible and wat can i do to make it look as good as possible thx for any and all responses

 

Do it right the first time, my friend got parts of his white car done by maaco, his spoiler and then part of the trunk where the old holes were, the paint is more yellow then the rest of the car, its very rough, no shine at all, dont even think they used clear coat.

I suggest you give a good wash, using dawn in your water bucket, then use a claybar or body scrub to clean the paint real good. Follow up with 3m Swirl Remover, then follow with a polish, like Meguiars Show Car Glaze or 3m Handglaze, then put on a good coat of wax. that should get it looking good again and keep the paint in good shape for a while longer

 

dont go macco.

 

my buddy painted his at maaco last summer and this summer it looks terrible the color was fine but its peeling and cracking and fading in some spots. Total waste of money.

 

MAACO is so terrible, it's not even funny. You'd be better off bringing your car to a real body shop and having them paint the panels which are messed up- not the whole car.

 

Thx for the responses guys , im gonan try to hold out for a real paint job as long as i can , peace

 

I know from experience that Maaco is crap. It'll probably look good at first, you'll soon be very very disappointed. I would never take my Teg there.

But, if you absolutely have no other option, then prep the car yourself. Pull off the emblems (put some tape behind the holes if possible), mask everything that you don't want painted, sand it down and primer it yourself, then drive it over to Maaco. You'll save some money that way, and it'll likely come out better. Maaco's big problem seems to be crappy or no prep (even though I payed for it) and painting stuff that shouldn't get painted (like my door panels!!).

 

maaco looks fine on my car

 

pics of said car now? previous owner got mine painted at maaco and it sucks so bad now. the hood is the worst part of the car right now, but im sure other areas will get shitty soon. I would go to a good shop but ..
a. not sure of a good body\paint shop around
b. poor as **** (hopfully new job will cure that)
I was thinking to go get it painted again there but, i guess i'll live with shittty paint

 

When it comes to painting a car you really get what you pay for...